Identifier: warinsouthafrica00hard (find matches)
Title: War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Harding, William
Subjects: Boer War
Publisher: Chicago : Dominion Co
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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onsi-bility of the administration to the legislature, and the removal of relig-ious disabilities are among the chief of the Outlanders demands, whilethey agree to maintain republican institutions. The Times also complained, editorially, that the French and Germanpress criticised Great Britain without properly grasping the history orgeography of the question, and declared that it believed that no des-perate remedy, such as an appeal to force, would be required, and thatsome reasonable concessions, even though not all that the Outlandersmight rightfully claim, might avail to postpone a conflict. By December 30, 1895, the political crisis at Johannesburg hadreached a most acute stage. The exodus of women and children wasincreasing, all trains leaving the place being crowded; the prices offoodstuffs had become high, while the Government had notified theburghers to be ready for active service in case of an emergency. TheMercantile Association had formed itself into a town g*uai to preserve
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VEREENIGING, FIRST STATION IN THE TRANSVAAL FROM CAPE TOWN.

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